SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Barring a change of heart from theleague offices, Sacramento center DeMarcus Cousins has playedhis last game of the season.

He definitely went out with a bang.

Cousins recorded his eighth straight double-double with 35points and 15 rebounds but picked up his 16th technical foul ofthe season late in the fourth quarter of the Kings' 106-103 winover the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night.

By NBA rules, Cousins must sit out Sacramento's final regularseason game at home against Phoenix on Wednesday.

"I'm not going to talk about it," said Cousins, who had sat forseveral minutes in front of his locker with his head hung low.

Kings coach Mike Malone was willing to discuss it and said theteam might contact the NBA to get the technical removed, citingCousins' most recent behavior. The technical was his first sinceFeb. 25 and ended the longest stretch of his career without one.

"I feel for him," Malone said. "He has made a concerted effortto handle his emotions and not get that last tech. We'll try todo whatever we can to get that rescinded but it's disappointingbecause I know it meant a lot to him."

The Kings trailed by 11 in the third quarter and were down 82-81before going on an 11-2 run to go in front for good. Cousinsstarted the surge with a thunderous dunk and McCallum followedwith consecutive 3-pointers, one from the left corner and theother from the right.

The Timberwolves pulled to 100-98 with 1:13 left to play onthree free throws by Kevin Love after Cousins was charged withthe technical foul. Cousins then drove the baseline and dunkedwith 24.2 seconds remaining, helping Sacramento end a five-gamelosing streak while evening the season series with Minnesota.

"We're still a team trying to grow and find ourselves," saidCousins, breaking his silence. "I think we took steps forwardtoday. We've been in those situations a couple times thisseason. Sometimes it went well, sometimes it didn't. We did apretty good job tonight of handling the situation and overcomingadversity."

J.J. Barea missed a 3-pointer and Love was off on a 16-footjumper in the final 20 seconds for the Wolves.

Love had 43 points and 11 rebounds for Minnesota after sittingout Friday's 112-110 win over Houston because of a hyperextendedright elbow.

"Our defense just wasn't good enough in the second half," Lovesaid. "Offensively we were fine, but they kind of went on a runand never looked back."

The Timberwolves lost after leading 62-51 with eight minutesleft in the third in what might have been former Kings coachRick Adelman's final appearance at Sleep Train Arena. The67-year-old Minnesota coach remains a beloved figure in thestate's capital, having guided the Kings from 1998-2006.Sacramento made the playoffs in each of his eight seasons andhaven't been back since.

Adelman clearly has fond memories of those glory days inSacramento and he's been back numerous times as a visiting coachas well.

This game, however, might hold special significance since itmight be Adelman's last. He has taken time away from coachingeach of the past two years to take care of his wife, Mary Kay,who has had health problems. Speculation around the NBA now isthat Adelman will step away for good at the end of the season.

"I've always said that the eight years here were a tremendousexperience," Adelman said. "We had a lot of fun, we had reallygood team and the fans during that run were terrific."

Minnesota trailed by 11 early before going on a 12-0 run in thesecond quarter capped by Dante Cunningham's three-point playthat put the Wolves up 40-32.

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